A driver who lost control of his car and "barrel rolled through two gardens" before landing upside told police he had been attacked in an attempt to explain his injuries - but he was still covered in glass at the time.

The incident happened in Roman Bank, Skegness, where officers saw the man was covered in broken windscreen glass and required him to take a breath test, which he refused three times.

Shaun Michael Lymer, 28, of Scarborough Avenue, Skegness, appeared in Boston Magistrates' Court on October 18, where he admitted failing to provide a breath test.

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Prosecutor Jim Clare told the court police found a bumper bar in the middle of the road at Roman Bank in the early hours of July 29 and, from the registration plate, discovered the car belonged to Lymer.

The force then conducted a search and found the car upside down in the garden with its lights on and airbags deployed.

A search for the driver took place and Lymer was found nearby claiming he had been attacked but officers did not believe him as he was covered in broken windscreen glass.

Mr Clare added that Lymer was given three opportunities but he did not get a breath test. Officers then took him to hospital for a check up.

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He added that Lymer had been convicted of driving with excess alcohol in 2010 and 2013 and had only recently finished a driving ban.

Mitigating, Andrea Wilkes said Lymer did not accept he was over the prescribed alcohol limit at the time of the accident and there was nothing in the police statement to show that his driving had been impaired.

She said he had been driving to his mother's because he was depressed and unable to sleep following the breakdown of a relationship and he had crashed because there had been something in the road and he had swerved and gone down the bank.

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She said a driving ban was not mandatory for the offence for which he was before the court and that on his previous excess alcohol offences he had cooperated and given a breath test and on this occasion he thought he had been doing it correctly as instructed by the police officer.

The magistrates imposed a fine of £276 with costs and charges totalling £115 and put four points on his licence.